Senior Network Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Network Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, deploying, and optimizing the backbone of our technology ecosystem. You will ensure seamless connectivity across all of our retail stores, e-commerce platforms, cloud environments, corporate offices, and distribution centers. You will help to shape the future of our company by enabling secure, scalable, and high-performance networks that power all our internal business systems.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Arcitect and implement enterprise-grade LAN/WAN/WLAN solutions tailored for retail operations, including cloud integrations (GCP), hybrid architectures, SD-WAN, and secure multi-location connectivity.
• Oversee 24/7 monitoring, performance tuning, patch management, and troubleshooting to ensure maximum uptime across all network assets.
• Lead implementation of firewall policies, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), and compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, SOX) to safeguard customer data and transactional integrity.
• Spearhead capacity planning, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity initiatives to future-proof our network infrastructure.
• Partner with cybersecurity, e-commerce, and IT operations teams to integrate new technologies into the ecosystem.
• Actively learn and stay informed of current and emerging infrastructure technologies and tools, passionate about technology.
• Guide fellow engineers through hands-on mentoring, configuration reviews, and technical leadership on high-impact projects.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field strongly preferred.
• Advanced certifications (CCNP/CCIE, CISSP, GCP Professional Network Engineer) strongly preferred.

Experience And Skills Required

• 8+ years of progressive network engineering experience, including 4+ years leading senior-level projects in complex, multi-location environments.
• Enterprise routing/switching (Cisco, Meraki, Palo Alto), BGP/OSPF/VLAN, SDN (EVPN/VXLAN), VRF, or other similar networking technologies.
• Deep knowledge of GCP networking, AWS, and hybrid cloud integrations including VPCs, Proficiency managing infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, Python/Bash for automation within GitOps workflows.
• Expertise securing the network by managing firewall policies (Palo Alto, Meraki), configuring deep traffic inspection, and maintaining intrusion prevention systems for both internal and external network perimeters.
• Expertise designing and operating enterprise wireless networks (Cisco, Meraki) in large scale office and distribution center deployments, including modern authentication and security standards (802.1x, AAA, Cisco ISE).
• Experience managing public internet providers and modern telecommunication technologies to manage connectivity between sites.
• Experience managing VPN technologies for B2B (SSL/IPSec), client connectivity (GlobalProtect), and other ZTNA technologies.
• Experience managing networking in a virtualization environment (VMware, Kubernetes, Docker), NSX experience a plus.
• Experience configuring and managing load balancing technologies within the networking environment.
• Proficiency designing and deploying critical infrastructure services such as DNS and DHCP.

Other Qualifications

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve critical outages in pressure situations.
• Strong communication and documentation skills to translate technical concepts for non-engineering stakeholders by keeping technical drawings and documentation clear and up-to-date.
• Strong time management skills, willingness to work with the wider technology teams on multiple concurrent projects to accomplish organizational goals.
• Self-motivated to constantly improve the environment, results driven, and be productive without constant direction.
• Ability to work within and exemplify The Container Store brand which we describe as matchless, authentic and team-focused.